VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-74796

CVSS score7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-16
Last modified2026-10-08

Description

OpenTofu before 1.11.7 fails to validate existing symlinks in the provider cache directory during initialization. Attackers can place a malicious symlink in a trusted working directory to cause tofu init to write provider package contents to arbitrary filesystem locations outside the working tree.